Corona 123

 1968-008A

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KH-4A Mission 1045 was launched on 1968 Jan 24 by Thorad Agena D from Vandenberg. Ground tracks were equally spaced with 9-day repeat. Both SRVs were recovered. For the first time, microwave towers were identified in CORONA images.

KH-4A Mission 1045
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Jan 24	2226	Launch by LTTAT Agena D	V SLC1E
	2227	Castor sep
	2229	Thor sep
	2230	Agena burn
	2234	Agena MECO
1968 Jan 25	0005?	Subsatellite B10 ejected
1968 Jan 25	0959		90.6 177 x 430 x 81.5
1968 Jan 26	1913		90.55 176 x 426 x 81.5
1968 Jan 26	2000		90.6 176 x 430 x 81.5 (RAE)
	2330?	DMU burn 1 rev 33
1968 Jan 27	1453		90.68 176 x 440 x 81.5
1968 Jan 28	1806		90.66 177 x 436 x 81.5
1968 Jan 30	1055		90.60 174 x 433 x 81.5
1968 Jan 31	1406		90.56 174 x 429 x 81.5
1968 Jan 31			90.6 176 x 434 x 81.4 (SSR)
1968 Jan 31	2340?	SRV-1 ejected rev 112
1968 Feb 1	0017	SRV-1 recovered
		360 km E of Hawaii
	2200?	DMU burn 2 rev 127
1968 Feb 2	0221		90.49 175 x 422 x 81.5
1968 Feb 2	0652		90.48 175 x 421 x 81.5
	1729		90.67 182 x 432 x 81.5
1968 Feb 3	0233		90.63 177 x 434 x 81.52
1968 Feb 4	1600?	DMU burn 3 rev 171
1968 Feb		Fragment 08C sep	88.9 175 x 277 x 81.5 (SSR, 08C)
1968 Feb 5	1332		90.76 174 x 449 x 81.50
1968 Feb 7	2333?	SRV-2 ejected rev 223
1968 Feb 8	0005	SRV-2 recovered
		760 km NW of Hawaii
		DMU burn?
1968 Feb 8	1713		91.12 195 x 463 x 81.48
1968 Feb 9	0049		91.11 198 x 459 x 81.47
		Program timer expired, vehicle inert
1968 Feb 12		08C reentered
1968 Feb 12	1519		90.83 202 x 429 x 81.5
1968 Feb 15			90.8 203 x 430 x 81.4 (SSR)
1968 Feb 25	1838		88.78 166 x 256 x 81.5
1968 Feb 26	0930		88.44 158 x 234 x 81.5 (RAE)
1968 Feb 26	1053		88.38 156 x 233 x 81.5
1968 Feb 27		CORONA/Agena reentered